Women Organization for Rural Development (WORD) is a pioneering organization working in Keonjhar and Deogarh districts of Odisha since 1992. The organization has been facilitating & playing supportive role in the process of empowerment & socio-economic development of the disadvantaged communities, weaker sections, and women in particular. It is also working to bring changes for the communities who are deprived of their civil rights irrespective of sex, caste & creed. WORD is working on women empowerment and their socio-economic improvement, strengthening of self governance system, MCH, development of primary education system at grass root level, forest and environment protection, prevention of child marriage, promotion of organic farming and livelihood programs through Natural Resource Management.
Over the years WORD has played different roles as per the need intervening some of the key programmes on promoting the women Self Help Groups for women empowerment and their socio-economic improvement, strengthening of self-governance system, Mother and Child Health care, forest and environment protection, promotion of organic farming and promotion of sustainable livelihood programmers through Natural Resource Management.